Improvement in fences



W. T. WILLIE.

improvement in Fences.

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WILLIAM T. WILLIE, OF. INDEPENDENCE, TEXAS.

`IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,682, dated August20, 187:2.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Fence,invented by IVIL- LIAM T. WILLIE, of Independence, in the county ofWashington and State of Texas.

Figure l. is a side view of a portion of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is adetail cross-section of the same taken through the line ma, Fig. l. Fig.3 is a plan view of the fence, showing the inclined position of theposts with reference to the panels or rails.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention is an improvement in the class of fences havingtriangular-shaped posts or couplings and it consists in arranging postsof a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with therails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails maybe utilized, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, A is the base-piece of the triangular post, and B B arethe outer inclined braces, which cross each other near their upper endsand are securely nailed. C are the inner braces, which are arrangedparallel with and at such a distance from the outer braces B as to allowspace between them to receive the ends ot' the rails of the panels. Thebraces C are also nailed to each other at their point of crossing, andto the parts A B.

I intend to make this post ot' scantlings or strips which are worthlessfor most other constructive purposes.

It is economically important to the farmer that the rails composing thefence he removes, and for which he substitutes another, should be fullyutilized on the spot. Hence I purpose setting the posts diagonallyacross the fence alternately, in opposite directions, which brings thelower or base portions of every successive pair of posts much nearereach other than they would otherwise he. This renders it practicable toutilize the short rails for the bottom and longer rails for the topportion ot' the panel, as shown.

The stakes or other short pieces will constitute part of the completedpost or panel by being arranged between the rails, as clearly shownin'Fig. 2.

In the fence herein described, triangular posts, constructed of thebraces 4B C, base piece A, and cross-pieces- D, arranged diagonally withthe rails ofthe panels, and, alten nately, in opposite directions, asspecified.

WILLIAM THOMAS WILLIE.

Witnesses:

W. N. GEORGE, J. B. ELDRIDGE.

